The first conversion left Hans with 329,098 Gold and another shipment already entering the warehouse.
He remained near the emptied rows while Priya directed the unloading crews back inside. Reinforced containers began occupying the space that the conversion had cleared only minutes earlier, followed by smaller cases from the local bank and the surrounding stores.
Hans moved farther from the loading lanes and opened his current roster.
The army did not lack infantry.
Hundreds of soldiers were already distributed across the Main Base, Route One, Site Three, the Airfield, the captured military positions, and the roads connecting them.
More could be trained quickly now that the Gold shortage had disappeared, but adding soldiers alone would not solve the problem exposed by the Highcross operation.
Most of the available Guardian APCs had been committed to one battlefield.
